Monday 4 October 2021

WhatsApp, Facebook ,Instagram, Facebook Messenger & Oculus VR Worldwide Outage/ Blackout

Social media giant Facebook, and it's sister platforms - Instagram, WhatsApp & Oculus VR have gone off virtual air, from Asia many tried to update their application,  to restart phones and recharge/load more internet data to no avail.The internet issues which is reportedly being fixed, us a major shock and a lesson to users , one day the unexpected can happen,  the internet is a virtual world and reality knocks when such-and-such catch-21 ' Internet Pandemic' happens. Nothing is secure , many users in Asia , across India and Kenya are turning to IMO and Telegram App to communicate,  like never before multi-App download will be the norm. The question pegs is it security issues , server outage ? The internet is clearly unknown world of communication. 
A clear reality of unreliability that may occur in future. Are internet cloud and cloud computing a fantasy? Technological experts will be exploring and explaining in the days to come. 
Users found out around 7:30 pm Kenyan Time 4th October that the Social Networking Platforms weren't working or inaccessible,  addicted to communications through the web had become a norm, this shows the internet can be unpredictable or unreliable in the future on saving big data and even pictures/ videos on them. A stark reminder that a backup is needed offline. 
Is it the DNS revolver issues back to the user's or the TLD server or Root Server problems,  the path to unknown isn't still clear. Is there a chain link broken from the server to IP addresses,  the social media giants routes might have been rooted to unknown grounds. 
Welcome humans of social media , Welcome aboard the world 🌎 unknown - Joshua Boit